| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7440843 |
Car traffic information notification system, car traffic information notification method, and na |
October 21, 2008 |
| A traffic information notification system for use by a vehicle acquires vehicle travel history data, automatically registers, on the basis of the acquired travel history data, at least one route along which the vehicle usually travels, a time at which the vehicle travels along each of th |
| 7426971 |
Hybrid driving unit and vehicle carrying the same |
September 23, 2008 |
| A hybrid driving unit in which a first electric motor (20), a second electric motor (23), a transmission (22) and a power splitting planetary gear (21) are disposed in order from the front side (the side of an internal combustion engine) on an axis within a casing member (14). Since |
| 7421335 |
Navigation system and method |
September 2, 2008 |
| A navigation system collects life information associated with a user and extracts a life pattern from the collected life information. The navigation system registers the extracted life pattern as life pattern information. The navigation system determines a predicted start time and a |
| 7398076 |
Method of producing traffic signal information, method of providing traffic signal information, |
July 8, 2008 |
| Systems, methods, and programs of producing and using traffic signal information take, when a vehicle is closely approaching a traffic signal, an image of traffic signal lamps disposed on the traffic signal. The systems, methods, and programs produce image data of the traffic signal |
| 7395154 |
Navigation apparatus and arrival detection method |
July 1, 2008 |
| A navigation apparatus and arrival detection method detect a current location of a vehicle and searches for a route to a set destination. The apparatus and method provide guidance to the destination along the searched route and determine whether the destination is set within a car-fr |
| 7393296 |
Hybrid driving unit and vehicle carrying the same |
July 1, 2008 |
| A hybrid driving unit (7) in which a second electric motor (23) is disposed on the side closer to the front of a vehicle (the side closer to an internal combustion engine (5)) than a first electric motor (20). A casing member (14) is formed such that an inner diameter of a part there |
| 7383122 |
Navigation system, user terminal, navigation device, and information recording method |
June 3, 2008 |
| A navigation system includes a controller that compresses at least one of a plurality of information portions, each one of the plurality of information portions having a priority, wherein each of the at least one of the plurality of information portions is compressed based on its pri |
| 7380335 |
Stator manufacturing device |
June 3, 2008 |
| A stator manufacturing device including a winding unit for forming a winding coil made up of a plurality of unipolar coils formed by winding wire, an insertion unit for receiving the winding coil from the winding unit and inserting the winding coil into a stator core, a shaping unit |
| 7379813 |
Driving support system and driving support module |
May 27, 2008 |
| A driving support system has a capability of displaying information in such a manner that the information can be directly used by a driver in driving the vehicle, thereby further enhancing driving safety of the vehicle. The driving support system acquires judgment information and, ba |
| 7377874 |
Automatic transmission |
May 27, 2008 |
| The output rotation of an engine is transmitted to a drive member when a vehicle starts moving, and the drive member is connected to a carrier of a speed-increasing planetary gear via a start clutch. Upon engagement of the start clutch, the rotation of the drive member is accelerated by |
| 7377870 |
Planetary gear lubrication unit |
May 27, 2008 |
| A planetary gear lubrication unit includes a planetary gear unit having a sun gear and a carrier that has a plurality of pinion shafts, wherein each of the plurality of pinion shafts rotatably supports a pinion, a plurality of side plates that support the plurality of pinion shafts, and |
| 7372223 |
Electric drive control apparatus and method |
May 13, 2008 |
| An electric drive apparatus has an electric motor having a rotor and a stator; and a magnetic pole position detecting portion having a sensor rotor attached to the rotor, and a sensor stator that is adjacent to the stator, and that is fixed to a case, and that extends over a partial |
| 7370729 |
Breather device for speed-change devices |
May 13, 2008 |
| In a breather device linking a space within a transmission case (1) to outside air, a breather (10) is provided at a middle position in a lengthwise direction on an upper portion of the transmission case, in particular, at a position displaced in an axial direction from a middle posi |
| 7367825 |
Connector connection structure |
May 6, 2008 |
| A connector connection structure includes: a female connector on a housing accommodating a dynamo-electric machine mounted in a vehicle; and a male connector shaped so as to be fitted into the female connector by inserting it with a force not smaller than a predetermined amount. The |
| 7363130 |
Parking assist systems, methods, and programs |
April 22, 2008 |
| Parking assist systems, methods, and programs may take a peripheral image of a vehicle; and may display the peripheral image on a display. The systems, methods, and programs may recognize a parking area and may display a first predicted locus line on the display, the first predicted |
| 7362214 |
Branching device for transmission line and monitoring apparatus using the same |
April 22, 2008 |
| A branching device for a transmission line, including a main transmission line including at least two signal lines and having respective connectors provided at either end; a first branch transmission line which branches from the signal lines and which has a branch-use connector at an end |
| 7357204 |
Drive-control system of electromotive vehicle and drive-control-method of electromotive vehicle |
April 15, 2008 |
| A drive-control-system of electromotive vehicle and drive-control-method of an electromotive vehicle. A system has a condition-determination-process unit that reads a vibration index as a factor causing vibration in the vehicle-drive-system, and determines whether a damping-control-s |
| 7354297 |
Connector fixing structure |
April 8, 2008 |
| A male connector to be connected to a female connector provided at a housing accommodating a vehicle-mounted electrical device includes a contact point to be connected to a contact of the female connector, a cable connected to the contact point, and a shield shell covering the contac |
| 7353094 |
Electrically operated vehicle driving controller, electrically operated vehicle driving control |
April 1, 2008 |
| An electrically operated vehicle driving controller has an electrically operated machine driving section for operating an electrically operated machine; a driving section temperature detecting section for detecting the driving section temperature of the electrically operated machine |
| 7352188 |
Electrically operated vehicle abnormality judging device |
April 1, 2008 |
| An electrically operated vehicle abnormality judging device. The invention has an electrically operated machine, a driving signal generation processing section for generating a driving signal by receiving a command value, an inverter for receiving the driving signal and generating and |
| 7351182 |
Drive apparatus for hybrid vehicle and control method thereof |
April 1, 2008 |
| A drive apparatus includes a motor, a first clutch that transmits and cuts off driving force between the motor and an engine, a second clutch that transmits and cuts off driving force to a wheel side from either or both of the motor and the engine, and a control device that performs oper |
| 7350603 |
Hybrid drive unit and vehicle mounted therewith |
April 1, 2008 |
| A hybrid drive unit includes a hybrid mechanism having at least one electric motor and a transfer that distributes driving force to front and rear wheels. The electric motor and the transfer are housed in a tubular shaped transmission case that extends in the front and rear directions of |
| 7349769 |
Communication system for communication between in-vehicle terminals and center, and in-vehicle t |
March 25, 2008 |
| In a communication system for downloading programs from a center to in-vehicle terminals, a center can check whether downloading has been completed normally or a program is operating normally in an in-vehicle terminal. According to the timing of activating a downloaded program, an in |
| 7347803 |
Drive apparatus for hybrid vehicle and control method and control device thereof |
March 25, 2008 |
| A drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a motor, a clutch that transmits and cuts off a driving force between the motor and an engine, and a control device that performs an operation control for the motor and the clutch. If there is an engine start request during driving |
| 7344288 |
Lighting system for vehicle |
March 18, 2008 |
| A vehicle lighting system 1 reads position data of a plurality of nodes which are situated ahead of and behind the current position of a cruising vehicle using vehicle current position data and road map data to estimate the shape of a driving path by connecting the plurality of nodes via |
| 7340330 |
Hybrid type vehicle driving controller, hybrid type vehicle driving control method and its progr |
March 4, 2008 |
| The invention has an engine maximum torque calculating processor for calculating plural engine maximum torques showing a maximum value of engine torque, and an engine limit torque calculating processor for calculating a minimum value of the respective engine maximum torques as engine |
| 7339333 |
Motor drive control apparatus, motor drive control method and program of the same |
March 4, 2008 |
| A general-purpose comparator can be used as a comparison processing module to reduce the costs of a motor drive control apparatus. The apparatus has an electric machine; a magnetic pole position computation processing module; a pattern generation processing module; a switching angle |
| 7337049 |
Vehicle control apparatus |
February 26, 2008 |
| A vehicle control apparatus includes an attribute information collection unit for collecting attribute information relevant to a plurality of units in a vehicle, an environmental information collection unit for collecting environmental information, a required performance detection un |
| 7328101 |
Navigation apparatus, navigation method, and navigation program |
February 5, 2008 |
| Navigation apparatus, methods, and programs merge and correct a plurality of types of past traffic information. The apparatus, methods, and programs may store a plurality of types of past traffic information, each type of past traffic information having a priority and may merge the s |
| 7320657 |
Vehicle automatic transmission control apparatus with fail-safe arrangement |
January 22, 2008 |
| A control apparatus for controlling a vehicle automatic transmission including (i) a first coupling device to be engaged for establishing an emergency gear position and (ii) a second coupling device to be released for establishing the emergency gear position. The control apparatus in |
| 7316629 |
Planetary gear apparatus |
January 8, 2008 |
| A double pinion planetary gear unit includes a first sun gear, a second sun gear, a plurality of short pinions, a plurality of long pinions, a ring gear and a carrier. The carrier includes a first flange portion that supports an end side of the short pinions and an end side of the long |
| 7294087 |
Automatic transmission |
November 13, 2007 |
| An automatic transmission including a mechanical reduction gear connected to an input shaft that generates a decelerated rotation smaller than a rotation of the input shaft from a decelerated rotating member and a compound planetary gear for shifting with a first element, a second el |
| 7291093 |
Power output apparatus, control system for power output apparatus, and control method of power o |
November 6, 2007 |
| In a motor vehicle having a planetary gear mechanism linked to an engine, a first motor, and a drive shaft and having a second motor attached to the drive shaft via a transmission, in a Lo gear position of the transmission, the control procedure of the invention drives the engine int |
| 7286908 |
Communication system for communication between in-vehicle terminals and center, and in-vehicle t |
October 23, 2007 |
| In a communication system for downloading programs from a center to in-vehicle terminals, a center can check whether downloading has been completed normally or a program is operating normally in an in-vehicle terminal. According to the timing of activating a downloaded program, an in |
| 7282005 |
Hydraulic control apparatus of automatic transmission |
October 16, 2007 |
| A hydraulic control apparatus of an automatic transmission. The hydraulic control apparatus of the automatic transmission has a hydraulic servo for controlling an engaging state of a clutch C-1 on the basis of supplied oil pressure, a linear solenoid valve for C-1 for outputting signal |
| 7280894 |
Communication system for communication between in-vehicle terminals and center, and in-vehicle t |
October 9, 2007 |
| In a communication system for downloading programs from a center to in-vehicle terminals, a center can check whether downloading has been completed normally or a program is operating normally in an in-vehicle terminal. According to the timing of activating a downloaded program, an in |
| 7276007 |
Hybrid drive unit |
October 2, 2007 |
| A hybrid drive unit includes a three-element planetary gear coupled to two motors, and a reduction planetary gear which is drivingly connected to the three-element planetary gear and switches modes by controlling a clutch and a brake. A three-element direct drive mode is able to be a |
| 7265455 |
Alternating voltage output apparatus and vehicle including such alternating voltage output appar |
September 4, 2007 |
| A control device controls first and second inverters such that alternating voltage is generated across neutral points of first and second motor generators. When the value of a signal representative of the remaining amount of fuel in a fuel tank becomes lower than a predetermined thre |
| 7261662 |
Hydraulic control apparatus for automatic transmission of vehicle |
August 28, 2007 |
| A hydraulic control apparatus for use with a vehicle's automatic transmission, the apparatus including a fail-safe switch valve which has an escape-related output port connected to a drain port of a transmission-related solenoid valve corresponding to an escape-related frictional cou |
| 7261603 |
Connector having a spacer for preventing an entrance of foreign particles |
August 28, 2007 |
| The connector includes a connector housing having two terminal fittings and terminal receiving chambers for receiving the terminal fittings, and a spacer 4 to be inserted into the connector housing through an opening. A receptacle for inserting an unlocking jig is formed on the spacer. T |
| 7259948 |
Power supply device for driving |
August 21, 2007 |
| A power supply device for driving has a switching control circuit that switches a switching element for a power source, and an output voltage generation portion that generates a predetermined output voltage in accordance with the switching of the switching element for the power sourc |
| 7255186 |
Hybrid drive system and vehicle equipped therewith |
August 14, 2007 |
| An output of an internal combustion engine is transmitted to an output shaft by controlling a control motor to change a rotation speed output from the engine without speed steps via power distribution planetary gear. An output of a drive motor is input to the output shaft by changing |
| 7245094 |
Power output apparatus, motor vehicle equipped with power output apparatus, and control method o |
July 17, 2007 |
| In the vehicle of the invention, when the temperature of an inverter 42 for driving a motor MG2 linked to front wheels 62a and 62b reaches or exceeds a preset restriction start temperature, the drive control of the invention controls the inverters 42 and 43 to gradually decrease the |
| 7244209 |
Hydraulic control device for automatic transmission |
July 17, 2007 |
| A hydraulic control apparatus for an automatic transmission including two frictional coupling devices of a first group and a plurality of frictional coupling devices of a second group, the control device including a second-group-engaging switching valve arranged to receive second eng |
| 7238111 |
Damper unit with torque limiter |
July 3, 2007 |
| The invention eliminates the need of handling an engine in a process for assembling a torsion damper which couples the engine with a power transmission system and a torque limiter. In a damper unit with a torque limiter positioned between an output shaft of an engine and a power tran |
| 7232022 |
Clutch-purpose hydraulic servo |
June 19, 2007 |
| In a hydraulic servo for a clutch, a cancel plate is disposed on a second clutch drum that undergoes the same rotation as a second clutch drum provided with a cylinder portion, in such a fashion that the cancel plate is restricted from moving to a side opposite from a return spring in an |
| 7228926 |
Apparatus for controlling hybrid vehicle |
June 12, 2007 |
| A control unit for a vehicle including a controller that determines whether shifting of a stepped transmission is necessary, and increases output torque of a first drive unit and decreases output torque of a second drive unit in correspondence with an increase of the output torque of |
| 7228209 |
Vehicle-drive control system and method and program therefor |
June 5, 2007 |
| The invention includes a target-engine-speed acquisition element that acquires a target engine speed necessary to reduce engine speed, thereby stopping the engine at a target stop position; a crank-angle acquisition element that acquires a crank angle indicative of the position of a |
| 7227332 |
Driving control device and method for electric vehicle and program therefor |
June 5, 2007 |
| A driving control device for an electric vehicle includes an electric machine which is driven by a current supplied from a battery, a transmission which is coupled with the electric machine and performs shifting at a predetermined gear ratio, a charging state detecting portion which |
| 7226380 |
Automatic speed changer |
June 5, 2007 |
| A second planetary gear unit PR and a clutch C1 for outputting reduced speed rotation are located on one axial side of a first planetary gear unit PU, with an output unit located therebetween. A clutch C2 which connects/disconnects an input shaft 2 to/from a sun gear S2 of the planet |
